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CHAPTER IV ANALYSIS
A. The Description of Major Character
The character plays important role in literature. It shows the personality of the figure. The major character becomes the main role of literature work. The character
that becomes the center of the world and it is always interesting for talking about the major character. The author uses the character to show human personality and its
development, also brings some values to assert to the reader through major character. There are four major characters in Sara Shepard
‟ Pretty Little Liars but the writer takes one major character only; Hanna Marin. Hanna comes from rich family
and lives in upper-class towns in the country. Her mom is a successful and ambitious woman also has a good figure.
People always have some stereotypes about upper-class society. For example, upper-class people live happily without worry and problem. It is because they can get
anything they wanted or needed easily. Rather than showing the stereotypes is right, the author through major
character; Hanna Marin; shows that everyone in this world is the same. Sara Shepard depicts Hanna Marin as a common teenager with her personality, her changing, and
her problem but those things make the writer wants to analyze this major character. Hanna Marin is innocent, not confident, kind, and honest person.
1. Innocent
Hanna Marin is described as an innocent teenager. She is common girl who has an imagination about her ideal man and wants date that man. Like in the fairytale,
the man is popular, handsome, and perfect. In the opposite, Hanna is not popular, chubby, and she only can dream about him.
She does not change her habit even though she falls in love. She is not hampered. She tries living in comfort and uses food to relieve her stress. She has a
simple image about the world and she easily believes what people said. The moment Ali tells her that Sean likes a girl who loves to eat; Hanna
‟s expression is so bright and she responds the statement in bright. She also trusts the
statement is correct. She believes that statement because it comes from people she believed, which that person is her best friend.
“You know what I heard?” Ali asked, flopping down on the couch. “Sean really likes girls who have good
appetites.” Hanna brightened. “Really?”
“No.” Alison snorted. Hanna slowly dropped the handful of popcorn back into the bowl. Shepard,
2006: 9 Hanna believes easily what her friend says. She does not say anything but we can
analyze it from Hanna reaction. She turns bright when Ali said that Sean likes girls with good appetites. Then she puts back her popcorn when Ali said “No”. She is just
an innocent teenager girl who believes what her friends say easily. It is because she thinks Ali as her shield and will never put her on disadvantage situation.
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